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13th century Buddhism classic found in Tibet
CCTV, 16 December 2013 Tibet museum declared to have found an inscription of Pramanavarttika (Explanation of Touch-stones) dated back to the 13th century.This inscription of scripture was identified to...
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The origin of the Mongolic people
Chinese Archaeology/ Kaogu.cn 16 December 2013May 20th, 2013 The staff from the Chen Barag Banner Administration of Cultural Relics discovered a burial site while investigating the northern bank of...
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New stone armour found in the tomb of China's first emperor
Watch VideoPlay VideoXi'an, the capital city of West China's Shaanxi Province, is world famous for Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, otherwise known as the site of the Terracotta Warriors. Designated a World...
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IDP and Helen Wang
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013A Few of Our Favourite Things: #8 Helen WangAs part of IDP's 20th anniversary celebrations we have asked twenty of our friends and supporters to select their favourite item...
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‘Milk in his veins’: Mongol slang
Again an excellent post from Bryn Hammond in Amgalant.com‘Milk in his veins’: Mongol slangPosted on 19 December 2013or, A Hymn to IdiomsSlang, idioms, figures of speech: I love them, love the use of...
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More about "New stone armor found in the tomb of China's first emperor"
More about "New stone armor found in the tomb of China's first emperor"in the History blog from December 20, 2013Stone armor pit at Terracotta Army tomb excavatedThe mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang...
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What is the Oldest Book in the World?
From: Medievalfragments.wordpress.comPosted on December 20, 2013by medievalfragmentsBy Erik Kwakkel (@erik_kwakkel)The past few days I have been preoccupied with a deceptively simple question: “What is...
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Ancient iron smelters indicate Huns more than just conquering nomads
Remnants of an iron-smelting furnace discovered in the remains of Khustyn Bulag in central Mongolia.From : The Asahi ShimbunDecember 19, 2013By KUNIHIKO IMAI/ Senior Staff WriterArchaeologists have...
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Innovations from the West that Changed China’s Art and Culture, 1500 BC- 1000 AD
University of Cambridge:Slade Lectures in Fine Art 2013-2014: Warfare, Beauty and belief: Innovations from the West that Changed China’s Art and Culture, 1500 BC- 1000 ADProfessor Jessica RawsonThe...
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Queen Yifu's Grotto excavated in Maiji Mountain
From: cctv.com 22 December 2012Watch VideoPlay VideoTianshui is the first big city you would have reached if you set out from Chang’an, the capital of China during the Tang Dynasty, and embarked upon...
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Stet Fortuna Domus
From: The latest blogpost in Lugubelinus "The marginalia of an easily distracted Classicist" by Llewelyn MorganI had a feeling I hadn’t finished with this photo. Three visitors to Bamiyan, with local...
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Rediscovering Buddha
From The Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2013 by Tim SteelA new history of Buddhism in Bangladesh may emerge after the latest discovery in Nepal Opportunities like this, to reopen received wisdoms, are...
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The Everlasting Zoroastrian Flame at SOAS
From Ironwire.com 13 December 2013By Arash ZeiniThe School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London recently convened a major exhibition on Zoroastrianism, called the ‘The Everlasting Flame.’...
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Long lost medical classics found in Han dynasty tombs
A large number of precious cultural relics are excavated from Laoguanshan Han dynasty tombs.(Photo provided by Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics) People's Daily Online, 23 December 2013Laoguangshan...
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Emperor Huizong
Emperor Huizongby Patricia Buckley EbreyISBN-13: 9780674725256Publisher: Harvard University PressPublication date: 1/6/2014Pages: 696Meet the AuthorPatricia Buckley Ebrey is Professor of History and...
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Trade and Romance
Trade and Romance by Michael MurrinHardcover: 296 pagesPublisher: University of Chicago Press (2 Jan 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 022607157XIn Trade and Romance, Michael Murrin examines the complex...
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Aurel Stein and the Silk Road: a hundred years on
Sir M. Aurel Stein’s early twentieth-century photographs of ancient Silk Road settlements, stupas and forts in the Taklamakan Desert are shown alongside modern images and video taken on recent...
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Lost fortress from Tamerlane found by Fredrik Hiebert?
From National Geographic's News Watch, December 2013Fredrik Hiebert on the search for a fortress from Tamerlane on the bottom of a lake in KyrgyzstanOne of history’s lesser known villains is a former...
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Hidden Treasures from the national Museum of AfghanistanA lecture by Fredrik Hiebert, National Geographic Archaeology Fellow on October 25, 2008 at the Asian Art Museum/ Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian...
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A few of my favorite things (2)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013A Few of Our Favourite Things #7: Hans van RoonAs part of IDP's 20th anniversary celebrations we have asked twenty of our friends and supporters to select their favourite item...
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